The Te Uku Wind Farm project, a partnership between Meridian Energy and WEL Networks Ltd, is a 28-turbine wind farm located on 55.8 square kilometres of privately owned sheep and cattle farm in Waikato on the Wharauro Peninsula of New Zealand.
The wind farm can generate up to 64.4 megawatts of renewable energy, which is enough electricity each year to provide power to approximately 30,000 New Zealand homes.
The wind turbines were manufactured at two sites, with the towers built in Korea and turbine parts in Denmark. A 600 tonne crane shipped to New Zealand from Denmark by the KR Wind/NZ Crane GroupAlliance especially for Te Uku was used to construct the turbines.
The UGL Balfour Beatty Joint Venture who are experienced in the design, construction and commissioning of traditional power infrastructure, were employed to link this innovative, new energy wind farm with the national grid.
Work began at the wind farm site in November 2009. The first phase of construction focused on building 26 kilometres of roads, which were required for transporting the turbine components to their sites. The roads took approximately six months to construct and were completed in April 2010.
Once wind turbines were installed, the challenge for Meridian Energy was to find a contractor who could construct transmission lines to connect the wind farm to the WEL Networks’ substation.
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The wind farm can generate up to 64.4 megawatts of renewable energy, which is enough electricity each year to provide power to approximately 30,000 New Zealand homes.
The wind turbines were manufactured at two sites, with the towers built in Korea and turbine parts in Denmark. A 600 tonne crane shipped to New Zealand from Denmark by the KR Wind/NZ Crane GroupAlliance especially for Te Uku was used to construct the turbines.
The UGL Balfour Beatty Joint Venture who are experienced in the design, construction and commissioning of traditional power infrastructure, were employed to link this innovative, new energy wind farm with the national grid.
Work began at the wind farm site in November 2009. The first phase of construction focused on building 26 kilometres of roads, which were required for transporting the turbine components to their sites. The roads took approximately six months to construct and were completed in April 2010.
Once wind turbines were installed, the challenge for Meridian Energy was to find a contractor who could construct transmission lines to connect the wind farm to the WEL Networks’ substation.
Read More : http://www.ugllimited.com/helping-to-supply-clean-energy